Monticello woman accused of tossing drugs at police station

MONTICELLO -- A Monticello woman was charged with felonies after police say she tried to get rid of drugs while being booked at the police station Saturday.

Police say Courtney Price, 27, threw a black pouch under a seat containing four packages of crack cocaine, two decks of heroin, a syringe and marijuana.

Price was riding in a Mercury Sable that was pulled over at 2 p.m. Saturday on Forestburgh Road for failing to signal. She and the driver, Darren Schubert, 43, were brought in after the patrol officer spotted a crack pipe and syringe.

Price was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and tampering with physical evidence. Both Price and Schubert were also charged with drug-related misdemeanors. Price was arraigned and sent to the Sullivan County Jail on $750 bail.